events

Teddy Wakelam gives the first live radio commentary of a football match, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury.

Teddy Wakelam

British Army officer, English rugby union player & broadcaster

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Blythe Thornhill Wakelam, known as Teddy Wakelam, was an English sports broadcaster and rugby union player who captained Harlequin F.C.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

Association football

Team sport played with a ball

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the…
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

Arsenal F.C.

Association football club in England

The Arsenal Football Club, commonly known as simply Arsenal, is a professional football club based in Islington, North London, England. They compete in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. In domestic football, Arsenal have won 13 league titles, a record 14 FA…
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

Sheffield United F.C.

Association football club in England

Sheffield United Football Club is a professional football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The club competes in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. They are nicknamed "the Blades" due to Sheffield's history of cutlery production. The team…
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

Arsenal Stadium

Former football stadium in Highbury, North London, England

Arsenal Stadium was a football stadium in Highbury, London, which was the home of Arsenal Football Club between 6 September 1913 and 7 May 2006. It was popularly known as "Highbury" from the name of the district in which it was located, and was given the affectionate nickname of…
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)